Wabah Athena

Wabah Athena(bahasa Yunani Kuno:Λοιμὸς τῶν Ἀθηνῶν,Loimos tôn Athênôn) adalah sebuahepidemiyang terjadi dikota-negara AthenadiYunanikuno pada tahun kedua (430 SM)Perang Peloponnesiasaat kemenangan Athena. Wabah tersebut menewaskan sekitar 75.000 sampai 100.000 orang dan diyakini memasuki Athena melaluiPiraeus,kota pelabuhan dan sumber pangan dan suplai tunggal.^[1]

Referensi

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Pranala luar

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Women in Classical Athens

[1] Littman, Robert J. (October 2009). "The plague of Athens: epidemiology and paleopathology".The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, New York.76(5): 456–467.doi:10.1002/msj.20137.ISSN 1931-7581.PMID 19787658.

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